La Boca, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of La Boca, New Mexico, shaded from 6,100 ft on the northeast side to 6,880 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
6,880 ft 2,095 m6,680 ft 2,035 m6,590 ft 2,005 m6,390 ft 1,950 m6,200 ft 1,890 m6,100 ft 1,860 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

La Boca sits at about 6,300 ft (1,920 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
6,300 ft 1,920 m
few residents
Lowest
6,100 ft 1,860 m
on the northeast side
Highest
6,880 ft 2,095 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,350 ft 1,935 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

La Boca spans about 780 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
6,300 ft1,920 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
6,880 ft2,095 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
6,100 ft1,860 m
Town center
USGS map point for La Boca
6,210 ft1,895 m
Airport (DRO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
6,689 ft2,039 m
Average of all land6,350 ft1,935 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,300 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
200.3 °F93.5 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
79% of sea level

23.7 inHg (80.3 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
16.6% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+13% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of La Boca, New Mexico, shaded from 6,100 ft on the northeast side to 6,880 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States
Population
38 2020 Census
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
68 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.9947° N, 107.6033° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
San Juan River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
Airport
Durango-la Plata County (DRO) 6,689 ft
ZIP codes 1
87419
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bayfield, CO6,980 ft
  2. Southern Ute, CO6,560 ft
  3. Middle Mesa6,520 ft
  4. Ignacio, CO6,460 ft
  5. La Boca6,300 ft
  6. Arboles, CO6,240 ft
  7. Cedar Hill5,950 ft
  8. Center Point5,740 ft
  9. Navajo Dam5,730 ft
  10. Turley5,610 ft
  11. Blanco5,610 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Chromo Mountain9,890 ft
  • Gallina Peak8,981 ft
  • Pounds Mesa8,350 ft
  • Burnt Mesa, San Juan County6,830 ft
  • Pump Mesa6,440 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • La Boca is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.